Hair waver



C. M. SZIRMAY HAIR WAVER Filed Sept. 30. 1927 Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

' CHARLES M. SZIRMAY, or COLD srRING, NEw'YoRx.

HAIR WAVER.

Application filed September 30, 1927. Serial No. 223.069.

, This invention relates to hair dressing or analogous devices and has particular reference to mechanical'means for the treatment of hair to makeit wavy or crimpy.

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a hair waving device that is easy to manipulate, certain in its action, one that may be detached or withdrawn readily from the hair when desired, one that is not likely to break, cut, or' otherwise injure the hair, one that may be manipulated in different ways for the production oi waves of difi'crent effects, and other objects thatwill appear as the device becomes'better known.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists. in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings in which-like reference characters. designate the same parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan View of the waver in open position and illustrating one method of applying the strand of hair thereon.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 3 isa transverse section on, the line 38 of Fig. 4 with parts in lockedor closed position. I

, Fig. 4 is a vertical longitudinal section on the line 44 of Fig. 3. I

Fig. 5 is a plan-view corresponding to Fig. 1 and showing a different method of applying the hair to-the bars.

Fig. 6 is a diagram'showing thev double waved eil'ect produced on the-whair by this instrumentv 4 Referring now more specifically to the drawings, I show my improved waver as comprising a head or body 10 of approximately U-shape in cross section as shown in Fig. 4 and comprising two plates 10 and 10 parallel to each other and forming a housing for a pair of arms 11 and 11 journaled in the same plane on pivot pins 12 spanning the space between the plates 10 and 10 The arms are provided at the adj acent ends, housed within the body 10, with intermeshing gears 13 to compel the arms to maintain a constant similar relation to each other irrespective of their movements around their pivots 12. These arms, there- .dotted lines'in Fig. 1.

fore, are adapted to swing apart and into alignment with each other as in Fig.

To the upper end portion'ot' the plate 10 is pivoted on a horizontal pivot 14, a locking bar 15 which is adapted to swing through approximately 180 around the pivot 14,.as from the open position'ot- Fig. 1 to the closed position of F ig.4' and as shown. in As shown this bar is made of channel construction and has pivoted in its outer end a hasp 16, the pivot 17 of which is parallel to the pivot 14. The hasp consists mainly of a flat piece of material having a pair of spaced'holes 16 formed therein. The connection between the bar 15 and the body-I plate 10? constitutesa knuckle 18, and the arms 11Iand-11 are oilset at 11 to as to clear said knuckle in y The arms carry apair of rods 2O of substantially rigid construction and having integral'and rigidconnection with the ends of the arms. The ends 20ofthe rods are so shaped as to enter the holes 16 of the'hasp 16 for holding the parts inlocked; position when the hasp is swungv upward to 'meet them as in Fig. 4. The arms and rods 20 are'shown as being made oisingle pieces of material and so bent or formed as to inelude extensions 21 extending beyond the rods 20 and forming shoulders or abutments tolimit the movement of the hair in; one direction along the ro-ds'when the hair'is being applied to the device.

To either arm as, for example, arm 11 is pivoted a keeper 22 in the form of an open ended hook within which the strand of hair is placed and held preliminary to the wrapping or coiling of the hair upon the rods 20. A preferred manner of coiling the hair is shown in Fig. 1 diagrammatically, the strand being brought under one bar directly across over the top of the other bar and thence to the top of the second bar and so on, but preferably without twisting the hair. The entire strand is so placed upon the rods in spaced relation to each other and with a fair degree of tautness. The locking bar is swung over to its closed position as in Fig. 4, passing downward between the rods 20 and below the plane thereof and with the hasp swung upward it is brought into locking position on the ends of the rods. At this time the rods 20 approach each other, swinging with the arms 11 and 11 into closed position as in Fig. 8. Hence the hair is caused to assume a double looped formation,one series of loops being formed directly on the rods 20, and the other set of loops being formed by the bar 15 as indicated by dot and dash lines at 23, Fig. 3.

At 24 I indicate a lug or tooth formed upon the hub or knuckle portion of the bar 15 and extending at right angles therefrom so that when the bar is in open position as in Figs. 1 and 2, the tooth 24 projects downward and occupies a position between the two sets of gear teeth, locking the arms in their wide open position. This locking effect relieves the operator from holding the rods 20 apart while she is wrapping the hair thereon. Obviously, however, when the bar 15 is swung around toward locking position, the tooth passes out of locking position and so the arms are set free to come toward each other as above explained.

After the device has been usedor worn for the requisite length of time, the hasp 16 is released from the ends 20 of the rods, the bar 15 and hasp swung upward out of the way, and the device is then withdrawn freely from the waved hair without obstruction, the hair slipping freely off the rods.

I claim:

1. The herein described hair waver comprising a pair of rods, means holding the rods parallel to each other and in position to receive a strand of hair thereon, a bar movable between said rods and serving to put the hair under tension, and means to lock the bar in proper position with respect to the hair and rods, said means for locking the bar and rods together comprising a hasp pivoted to one of the members and having detachable connection with the others.

2. The herein described hair waver comprising a pair of rods, means holding the rods parallel to each other and in position to receive a strand of hair thereon, a bar movable between said rods and serving to put the hair under tension, and means to lock the bar in proper position with respect to the hair and rods, said means for locking the bar in position comprising a hasp pivoted to the end thereof and having a pair of spaced holes to receive the ends of the rods.

3. In a hair waver, the combination of a body, a pair of arms pivoted in said body for movement toward or from each other, a pair of rods carried by the outer ends of the respective arms and held thereby in parallelism and around which the hair is placed, and means connected to the body and movable into position against the hair for putting it under tension and causing the arms to approach each other.

4. A device as set forth in claim 3 in which means is provided to connect the arms and cause them to move simultaneously and in opposite directions.

5. A device as set forth in claim 8 in which the bar is movable into a position parcompelling them to move in opposite directions simultaneously, a pair of rods carried by the arms and held thereby in constant parallelism, and a tension bar pivoted to the body and movable into position between the rods and against the hair.

8. A device as set forth in claim 7 including a tooth carried by the tension bar and serving when the bar is in unlocked position to enter bet-ween the gear teeth and the arms aforesaid for holding the arms in wide open position.

9. A device as set forth in claim 3 includ ing extensions of the arms projecting outward beyond the rods for forming abutments against which the hair may be placed. 'In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES M. SZIRMAY. 

